Frank Crawford Martin K-8 Center, Miami FL

Original Research by School Decision on Frank Crawford Martin K-8 Center

Frank Crawford Martin K-8 Center sits in the Kendall area of Miami, serving children from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade within Miami-Dade County Public Schools. The school draws a population that is predominantly Black, with a substantial Hispanic enrollment alongside smaller shares of other groups. More than half of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting a community with meaningful economic need. Data on English learners and students with IEPs was not reported in what was available, so parents with children in those categories may want to ask the school directly about support structures.

On state assessments, the picture is genuinely mixed and varies by grade in ways worth understanding before drawing a broad conclusion. Third and fourth graders show strong proficiency in both math and ELA, with most students meeting the standard. That early-grades foundation is a real strength. By fifth grade, though, proficiency in both math and ELA drops noticeably, and science scores at both fifth and eighth grade land below half of students tested. Math in the middle grades holds around half of students at proficiency or slightly above. ELA tells a more encouraging story as students move up: eighth-grade reading proficiency is the highest of any tested grade at this school, which is worth noting for families thinking about the upper years. The gap between the school's early-elementary performance and its middle-grades outcomes in math and science is a pattern a parent would reasonably want to explore further with school staff.

No multi-year trend data was available, so it is not possible to say whether these results are improving, holding steady, or declining. Program offerings beyond the standard curriculum were not reported in the data provided. Graduation rate does not apply here because the school does not serve high school grades.

The school is part of Miami-Dade County Public Schools, a very large urban district navigating sharp enrollment declines. Publicly reported coverage indicates the district had meaningfully fewer students at the start of the 2025-26 school year than the year before, and in spring 2026 it proposed closing or consolidating up to nine schools across its three regions, with new K-8, 6-12, and K-12 configurations under consideration. Frank Crawford Martin is already organized as a K-8, a structure the district appears to be moving toward more broadly. Families considering enrollment should confirm the school's assignment and boundary status with the district, since reconfiguration decisions were still pending a board vote as of mid-2026.

On teacher pay, Miami-Dade voters approved a property-tax increase in late 2022 to fund raises and campus safety staffing, a measure that runs through 2027 and would need voter renewal to continue. That context is relevant for anyone buying a home in the area, since the tax adds a modest but real ongoing cost.

The housing market around the school's zip code is well above both state and national median home values, and rents represent a substantial share of a typical household's income. Home values in this part of Miami have been roughly flat over the past year. Miami itself is a large, dense city with uneven walkability by neighborhood; the Kendall-area zip code this school serves sits in a more suburban residential part of Miami rather than the walkable downtown core, and daily life there tends to be more car-dependent.

The comparison data for this school relative to other Miami-Dade County districts was not applicable due to the small number of entities in the comparison set, so no positioning against county peers is possible here. Chronic absenteeism and discipline data were also not reported.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 380%

School 80% · District 69% · ▲ 11 pts above district

▲ 17 pts above state median · ▲ 11 pts above county median

Grade 479%

School 79% · District 68% · ▲ 11 pts above district

▲ 18 pts above state median · ▲ 12 pts above county median

Grade 547%

School 47% · District 62% · ▼ 15 pts below district

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

Grade 650%

School 50% · District 64% · ▼ 14 pts below district

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

Grade 851%

School 51% · District 60% · ▼ 9 pts below district

even with state median · ▼ 8 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 378%

School 78% · District 60% · ▲ 18 pts above district

▲ 22 pts above state median · ▲ 21 pts above county median

Grade 465%

School 65% · District 59% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▲ 11 pts above state median · ▲ 9 pts above county median

Grade 555%

School 55% · District 60% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Grade 666%

School 66% · District 63% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▲ 6 pts above state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

Grade 768%

School 68% · District 62% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▲ 13 pts above state median · ▲ 7 pts above county median

Grade 883%

School 83% · District 60% · ▲ 23 pts above district

▲ 29 pts above state median · ▲ 25 pts above county median

Science

Grade 547%

School 47% · District 56% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

Grade 843%

School 43% · District 46% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

This schoolMIAMI-DADE, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income69%Higher-income89%20 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income71%Higher-income59%13 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income52%Higher-income57%6 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income74%Higher-income56%17 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income62%Higher-income73%11 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income82%Higher-income84%1 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income77%Higher-income85%9 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income86%Higher-income74%12 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income41%Higher-income51%10 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income53%Higher-income46%7 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income46%Higher-income67%21 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income48%Higher-income55%8 pp gap